Name details

Diamond Glacier

Diamond Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Diamond Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140323

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A distributary glacier of the Darwin Glacier, about 8km long and tapering from 5km wide to 1.5km wide, the snout entering a valley that opens out at Lake Wilson to the northeast. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MN06

Named For

Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named from nearby Diamond Hill.

Location

Latitude:
79° 51' 00.0" S
-79.85000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 52' 00.0" E
158.86667°
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Altitude:
475 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MN06 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
16-Jul-1964

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